Found a new, potentially interesting service today. Blogmatcher allows you to enter the URL of a blog you read (or your own) and gets you a list of blogs that link to the same things, with scores, so it’s basically an alternative attempt at “similar interests” blog search. Most of my hits at the moment are people who also link to movable type and blogwise and such, which isn’t as interesting, but I’ll drop by occasionally and check the results.
I started my day on a combined diet of Michael Moore‘s Stupid White Men and Mikael Wiehe’s 30 Sånger. They’ve got things in common besides their first name. I had a potentially embarrassing moment at the bus stop when my eyes teared up because I listened properly to Titanic (andraklasspassagerarens sista sång) – luckily the tears didn’t quite make it over the edge. I don’t suppose it would matter if I stood silently crying at the bus stop, I don’t normally mind being stared at anyway, but people might get concerned and ask me what the matter was, or worry about me for the rest of the day wishing they had asked (which is probably what I would have done, had I seen someone else crying), so I’m just as glad it didn’t come to that. Good song, though.
In the news this morning: There has been very little rainfall on Islay lately, so that the water reserves are even lower than usual – the Islay distilleries have been contending with the wagaries of rainfall for decades. Unless the levels in the reserves rise significantly, several of the distilleries will have to limit their production rate. It just so happens that my favourite distillery already has problems producing sufficient stock to meet demand from other reasons besides water shortage. If you happen to be of a praying disposition, would you mind putting in a good word for a rainy summer on Islay, please?
Today’s best link, though, is to a country duet of an unusual kind. Be careful who’s watching when you click this. Oh, and you’ll really need the sound to be on, so be careful who’s listening, too.
Voice in my head: Prefab Sprout – Cruel